On Being a Farm Wife (and other hazards) Joyce Bupp Would there be any room at the inn? It had been a long day for weary travelers. Their journey had been one of great distance. Lights and warmth beckoned, with promises of a hot meal and a place of rest at the end of the lengthy trip. Then, the cry of a baby. Josh was awake. He’d fallen asleep in his carseat during the hour-long trip from the airport. Our daughter and six-month old grandson were home for Christinas. They’d actually left their Port land, Oregon, home for this visit some 24 hours earlier. With the impending threat of an ice storm, they had hastily packed her things, bundled up Josh and sought room at an inn. What makes our powershrft the most advanced? It's simple. tractors comes with a powershift transmision, the most advanced powershift ever put in a tractor. Just a tap of the finger moves you instantly through 18 forward and 9 reverse speeds without clutching. 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Another room waited for guests at the inn on our side of the coun try. The room at our inn (Bupp’s Bed and Breakfast, one of our friends calls it) had been readied a few weeks before, when I packed up some of our son’s remaining things not yet moved to his home on an adjoining property. Now the inn began to quickly fill. Grandpa came in from the bam after milking (while Grand ma went out to feed calves). The Farmer II and his friend Jen ar rived, bringing their two big white dogs to further complement our SANDY LAKE IMPLEMENT Sindy Lake, Pi. 412-376-2489 NICHOLS FARM EQUIP. Bloomtburg, Pi. 717-784-7731 B. EQUIP., INC. Wiymsboro, Pi. 717-762-3193 one, and generating considerable irritation from the inn’s unsoci able housecat pouting behind the couch. Baby things combined with the traditional to give the inn a popu lar holiday decorator look, known as Grandchildren Visiting for Christmas. A portable crib and baby seat complement the big wicker basket piled full of stuffed toys. Candles on the television il luminate temporarily-added ac cent pieces, like diaper bags and baby toys. Bottles and baby food jars keep company with the sea sonal gift cheeses, cookies and holiday candles beginning to ac cumulate about the kitchen. And the rocking chair has a real baby being rocked, not just Teddy bears. Meanwhile, we learned that Josh’s daddy was stranded at a truck stop in the lower reaches of the Columbia River Gorge. Tow ing a car to a friend in Idaho, he traveled a mere 10 miles when the ice storm shut down the highway for two days. After he finally and slowly did make it to his destina tion, newscasters told how our kids escaped the 100-mile-hour winds which devastated parts of their state and brought out the Oregon National Guard. Like those first Christinas young-couple travelers, this pair B.H.M. FARM EQUIP., INC. Annvillc, Pa. 717-867-2211 GRUMELU FARM SERVICE Quariyvllli, Pa. 717-786-7318 HOLTRYS EQUIPMENT Roabury, Pa. 717-532-7261 C.J. WONSIOLER BROS. Ouaktrtown, Pa. 21S-SM-7523 N«w Tripoli, Pa. 215-T*7-7«11 Olay, Pa. 215-9174257 Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 23, 1995-B5 overcame adversity to safely reach their destinations, taking refuge when necessary along the way. Like that first Christmas baby, this one is perfectly happy at the bam and seems both content and fascinated with the cattle around him. He chatters in his own lan guage to the dogs who come to sniff him and the cat who wishes he had taken refuge at any other inn than hers. Especially when he goes crawling across the floor af ter her with astounding haste, pausing only momentarily to in spect her food and dump the water from her dish. Like that first Christmas baby, this one enchants those who love Soil Loss: More Work Needed In 1992, a total of 2 1 billion tons of U S cropland soil was lost to wind and water erosion /- (NAPS) —Most cropland soils can withstand soil erosion of up to about 5 tons per acre per year with out losing long-term productivity. 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Christmas will find them back home a few thousand miles Grom us, they celebrating the holiday with friends and us with family here at home. Our welcoming room at the inn for the family’s baby is empty again, awaiting the next visit Only Monk, the house cat doesn’t miss them. And their visit helped make the celebration of the birth of the Christ Child that much meirier. From our family to yours, a blessed and peaceful Christmas season! gLess than 10 10-49 f 50-99 100-175 326 M '■IF %i\
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